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Tribe Bacaniini

Histerid - Bacanius tantillus Histerid - Bacanius punctiformis Geocolus caecus Hister Beetle... - Bacanius hatchi Bacanius punctiformis? from a piece of oak log - Bacanius Hydrophiloidea – Clown Beetles – Histeridae – Dendrophilinae – Bacaniini - Bacanius - Bacanius Geocolus caecus Beetle - Bacanius
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Dendrophilinae
Tribe Bacaniini
Explanation of Names
Bacaniini Kryzhanovskij & Reichardt 1976
Numbers
8 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1), >170 spp. in ~16 genera total
Range
in our area, e. & w. US(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.